Alysicartn'*. LEGUMINOSAE. 339 



3,500 ft. ; W. Ghats, in the Anamalais and Pulneys and 



Travancore Hills at similar levels. 



A rather short herbaceous plant with ascending branches, 



short dense racemes, the calyx- teeth ciliate only, and 1- 



sometimes 3-foliolate leaflets, elliptic below, linear-oblong 



above. In addition to this there are also 3 fairly well- 



inarked varieties, viz. : 



Yar. 1, Heyneanus, Baker ; F. B. I. ii. 159. A. Heyneanus, W. 

 A. 234. 



Steins stouter, up to 3 or 1- ft., usually pubescent ; leaflet 1. 



large obovate-oblong ; racemes elongate ; calyx-teeth gla- 



brous or slightly ciliate. 



N. Circars and Deccan. 

 Yar. '2, piliftr, Prain in Journ., As. Soc. Beng. LXVI. ii. 2. 384. 



Stems erect, short, with spreading hairs ; leaflet 1, oblong 



below, linear-oblong above ; racemes short, dense, the calyx 



conspicuously long-white-ciliate. 



Hills of the Deccan and Carnatic to 3,500 ft. 

 Yar. 3, styrcicifoUu-s, Baker ; F. B. I. ii. 159. A. styracifolius, 

 W. & A. 234. 



A dwarf diffuse plant with spreading hairs; leaflet 1, lower 



small, upper linear-lanceolate ; racemes short, dense, the 



calyx with spreading hairs. 



Deccan and Carnatic, in dry places. 



7. ALYSICARPUS PUBESCENS, LawinWt.Ic.t.250; F.B.I.ii.160. 



JST. Circars, in Godavari (Cleghorii). 



An erect herb reaching 3-4 ft. high ; flowers, at any rate 



the wings, purple. 



8. ALYSICARPUS RACEMOSUS, Benth. ; Bedd. Ic. t. 292. A. 



belyaiimensis var. racemosus, Bak. in F. B. I. ii. 160. 

 N. Circars, Mahendragiri Hill in Ganjani, 4,500 ft. 

 (Fischer) ; Deccan, Bababudaii Hills of Mysore (Talbot) ; 

 W. Ghats, in Wynaad, Nilgiris, Bolampattis and Anama- 

 lais, at 3,000 to 7,000 ft. 



An erect herb with golden pubescence and purple flowers. 

 ( J. ALYSICARPUS PARVIFLORUS, Dalz. Besmodium parviflorum, 



Bak, in F. B. I. ii. 172. 



W. Ghats, in the Hills of Mysore, Coimbatore, the Anama- 

 lais and Cochin, at 2,000 to 5,000 ft. 

 An erect annual with lax racemes and purplish flowers. 



